2020 just keeps piling it on us
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
The year 2020: Wow, in hindsight who could have seen this coming?
Lamesa
New school year brings an apple for students, too
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic.
FIRE IN THE WALL
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
Lamesa fi refi ghters opened an exterior wall to get access the source of a fi re Sunday evening at a residence in the 700 block of N. Dallas Ave. Damage to the residence reportedly was very minor.
Census questionnaire assistance to be offered
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
The U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with the Lamesa Chamber of Commerce, will offer assistance with the 2020 Census questionnaire assistance on Sept. 9, 10 and 11 on the lawn at the Dawson County Courthouse in Lamesa.
LARA GETS MASTER’S DEGREE
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
Steven Cain Lara recently graduated from Texas Tech University with a master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences. He has been accepted to The University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health where he will be working towards his PhD. Cain is the son of George Lara Jr. and Ami Lara of Midland. He is the grandson of Randy and Terry Goolsby of Lamesa, George Lara Sr. of Midland, and the late Maria Lara; and the great-grandson of Janice York of Lamesa.
County’s former debt from WCS bond paid by new owner
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
ANDREWS – Though Andrews County was already off the hook with debt involved from a unique 2009 bond election to finance Waste Control Specialists’ low-level disposal landfill, it was still good to hear the remaining note was paid in full earlier this month, according to county officials.
Hospital uses grant to obtain new infection control device
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
BROWNFIELD – Brownfield Regional Medical Center (BRMC) Chief Executive Officer Jerry Jasper recently spoke to the Brownfield News about a new infection control device that was purchased with a $90,000 grant through the Health Resource & Service Administration.
County officials approve new budget, property tax increase
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
SEMINOLE – “We put out the best budget we could this year, under the circumstances,” County Auditor Esmerelda Felan told the Gaines County Commissioners Court as it met in regular session Wednesday at the Gaines County Courthouse.
Proposed apartment complex qualifies for federal tax credit
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
ANDREWS – It appears an affordable housing project—a 48-unit apartment complex in northwest Andrews—recently received the green light after qualifying for a federal tax credit incentive, according to city officials.
RESCUE EFFORT
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 12:00am
Lamesa fi refi ghter Jerry Cagle uses a hydraulic rescue tool to get the driver’s side doors open on this pickup which was involved in collision Tuesday evening at the intersection of Highways 87 and 349 just south of Lamesa. The driver and lone occupant of the pickup reportedly suffered very serious injuries and was expected to be transported to Lubbock af-ter leaving the scene in a Medical Arts Hospital ambulance. Initial information at the scene indicates a tractor-trailer rig was headed south on Highway 87 and struck the back of the Ford F-150 pickup, which then struck a four-door Audi Q7 passenger car.